Shamsiya Surname
Approximately 3,967 people bear this surname
Shamsiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,923 | 1:45,155 | 3,515 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Shamsiya (32,962) may also be a first name.
Shamsiya Demographics
Shamsiya Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Shamsiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamsiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamsiya (Hindi: शमसिया, Marathi: शमसीया) is found most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamsiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 116,250th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,837,042 people. Shamsiya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shamsiya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 25,905th most commonly used given name world-wide, held by 32,962 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,923 people, or 1 in 45,155. In Nigeria Shamsiya is most common in: Jigawa, where 26 percent reside, Zamfara, where 26 percent reside and Sokoto, where 10 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside.
Shamsiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamsiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamsiya in the Hindi language | ||
| शमसिया | samasiya | 67.69 |
| शम्सिया | samsiya | 16.92 |
| शमसीया | samasiya | 9.23 |
| शम्सीया | samsiya | 3.08 |
| शाम्सिया | samsiya | 1.54 |
| शामसिया | samasiya | 1.54 |
| Shamsiya in the Marathi language | ||
| शमसीया | samasiya | 63.64 |
| शमिसया | samisaya | 18.18 |
| शांसीया | sansiya | 9.09 |
| शांसीय | sansiya | 9.09 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shamsiya
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